Research

Energy technology

More energy on every planet: +1% per level – and a requirement for many buildings, research and defenses.

Effect

Each level of Energy technology increases the energy from Fusion plant, Thermosolar plant and Solar cells by 1% – on all planets. On the Economy page the bonus appears as a separate energy line.

Key to the tech tree

Early on, what Energy technology unlocks matters more: Weapons factory (level 1), Mining technology, Shield technology and Thermosolar plant (level 4), Targeting systems (level 6), Microsystem accelerator (level 10) and many defenses from Light graviton cannon to Solar cannon.

Later on, each additional level pays off mainly if you have large power plants or lots of solar cells, because the bonus grows with your energy production.

Background

Energy technology is a highly important factor in the development of high-performance machines. Energy efficiency should reduce costs to a minimum size at a minimum level of use. Every level increases the efficiency of the energy conversion by 1%.

Levels at a glance

Research labUniverse

Level	Metal	Kryptonite	Spice	Research time
1	400	800	400	3 min 3 s
2	800	1,600	800	6 min 7 s
3	1,600	3,200	1,600	12 min 13 s
4	3,200	6,400	3,200	24 min 27 s
5	6,400	12,800	6,400	48 min 53 s
6	12,800	25,600	12,800	1 h 37 min
7	25,600	51,200	25,600	3 h 15 min
8	51,200	102,400	51,200	6 h 31 min
9	102,400	204,800	102,400	13 h 2 min
10	204,800	409,600	204,800	1 d 2 h 4 min
11	409,600	819,200	409,600	2 d 4 h 8 min
12	819,200	1,638,400	819,200	4 d 8 h 17 min
13	1,638,400	3,276,800	1,638,400	8 d 16 h 35 min
14	3,276,800	6,553,600	3,276,800	17 d 9 h
15	6,553,600	13,107,200	6,553,600	34 d 18 h
16	13,107,200	26,214,400	13,107,200	69 d 12 h
17	26,214,400	52,428,800	26,214,400	139 d 1 h
18	52,428,800	104,857,600	52,428,800	278 d 2 h
19	104,857,600	209,715,200	104,857,600	556 d 5 h
20	209,715,200	419,430,400	209,715,200	1,112 d 11 h
21	419,430,400	838,860,800	419,430,400	2,224 d 23 h
22	838,860,800	1.68 B	838,860,800	4,449 d 23 h
23	1.68 B	3.36 B	1.68 B	8,899 d 22 h
24	3.36 B	6.71 B	3.36 B	17,799 d 21 h
25	6.71 B	13.42 B	6.71 B	35,599 d 19 h
26	13.42 B	26.84 B	13.42 B	71,199 d 14 h
27	26.84 B	53.69 B	26.84 B	142,399 d 5 h
28	53.69 B	107.37 B	53.69 B	284,798 d 10 h
29	107.37 B	214.75 B	107.37 B	569,596 d 20 h
30	214.75 B	429.50 B	214.75 B	1,139,193 d 16 h
31	429.50 B	858.99 B	429.50 B	2,278,387 d 8 h
32	858.99 B	1.72 T	858.99 B	4,556,774 d 17 h
33	1.72 T	3.44 T	1.72 T	9,113,549 d 10 h
34	3.44 T	6.87 T	3.44 T	18,227,098 d 20 h
35	6.87 T	13.74 T	6.87 T	36,454,197 d 17 h
36	13.74 T	27.49 T	13.74 T	72,908,395 d 10 h
37	27.49 T	54.98 T	27.49 T	145,816,790 d 21 h
38	54.98 T	109.95 T	54.98 T	291,633,581 d 19 h
39	109.95 T	219.90 T	109.95 T	583,267,163 d 15 h
40	219.90 T	439.80 T	219.90 T	1,166,534,327 d 7 h

Values without premium, Synth or specialization bonuses. Set your research lab level and universe above and the research times adjust.

Energy technology

Effect

Key to the tech tree

Levels at a glance

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